What would be a good subtitle to Thunderbolts* if it was an Avengers film?

I was just thinking about how there is a 7 year gap in between Endgame and Doomsday. Thats a long time to wait for another Avengers movie. but what if Thunderbolts (aka The New Avengers) was an official Avengers movie? I think a good title for it would be maybe something like Avengers: The Sentry Candidate or something like that. You guys may think that is stupid because of how small the team is compared to the large team lineups in Infinity War, Endgame, and now Doomsday, but that wasn’t always the case. Avengers: The Sentry Candidate could be like Age of Ultron. A smaller team of Avengers that leads us into the next movie (Infinity War/Doomsday) with lots more characters. it would look like this

The Avengers (2012)

Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)

Avengers: Infinity War (2018)

Avengers: Endgame (2019)

Avengers: The Sentry Candidate (2025)

Avengers: Doomsday (2026)

Avengers: Secret Wars (2027)

It would also be the third highest rated Avengers film on Rotten tomatoes (being above Age of Ultron & Infinity War) and definitely do WAYYYYY better at the box office. What do you all think a good subtitle for this Avengers movie would be? and do you think it should have been one anyways? let me know in the comments below!

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Praetor_60402026-01-25 18:13

Just let it be its own thing

firedforthatblunder2026-01-25 18:13

>and definitely do WAYYYYY better at the box office

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HumanSuspect78652026-01-25 18:14

Avengers: Into the Void (2025)

Also would add Civil War as it is both a Cap and Avengers film.

Professor_Finn2026-01-25 18:52

This is the only one that makes sense as an actual movie title

CharacterOld86912026-01-25 18:14

Avengers: Disheveled

Scolor2026-01-25 18:16

Probably Avengers: Thunderbolts

CharmyFrog2026-01-25 18:17

Avengers: Thunderbolts

rubyschnees2026-01-25 18:21

> definitely do WAYYYYY better at the box office

truly do not give a shit what it did at the box office, thunderbolts is amazing and i wouldn't change a thing about it

crumbsalt2026-01-29 11:31

It’s weird how suddenly people started caring about the box office, isn’t it? I’ve seen sooooo many people say Superman, Thunderbolts, F4, etc. were all bad or mid films because of the box office. Batman Begins did barely enough at the box office and it’s not only a great movie but also spawned an amazing trilogy. Like since WHEN is a movie tied to how much it makes lol

xcaughta2026-01-25 18:22

The film is called the New Avengers. The Thunderbolts* thing was a misdirection the whole time.

FalenAlter2026-01-25 18:41

Even though, personally, Thunderbolts is a better name and I would've liked to see the asterisk use flipped around:
"The New Avengers*
*The Thunderbolts"

riegspsych3252026-01-25 20:39

should they do a sequel, I don’t see them dropping Thunderbolts from the title. Otherwise people are going to expect an actual Avengers movie on a similar scale to Doomsday or Secret Wars

riegspsych3252026-01-25 20:38

the “misdirection” was purely marketing though. Marvel thought it’d be clever and funny if they did a post-release name change like “Edge of Tomorrow Live. Die. Repeat.”. While I don’t think it negatively affected its box office run at all, it certainly didn’t do any favors

And I don’t think the New Avengers moniker will hold amongst audiences or fans, it’ll wind up getting confusing. Just wait for Doomsday to come out, no one is going to say “I loved it when The New Avengers showed up in the new Avengers movie”. They’ll either be asked to specify Thunderbolts or they’ll just say Thunderbolts

EDIT: grammar

PhilRobinsonMusic2026-01-26 17:17

It doesn't seem that way to me--

The film's official title is still Thunderbolts\* everywhere. It didn't literally have a name change.

Comfortable-Idea-1912026-01-25 18:24

I knew it was coming, saw it from a mile away, but it was really annoying when about, what? 2 weeks after Thunderbolts came out that it was subtitled, >!Thunderbolts: The New Avengers!<

riegspsych3252026-01-25 20:24

yeah, I don’t think the meta name change was as clever (or helpful) as they thought it would be. Even calling it New Avengers from the start would confuse more people. General audiences would expect actual OG Avengers to show up for a surprise appearance if they did

“Thunderbolts” by itself works just fine without an asterisk or a post-release name change. I don’t see many people referring to this movie or its group of characters as anything but Thunderbolts

Kieran-Kiera2026-01-25 23:20

Not even that. I’m pretty sure it only took them a weekend to officially announce what the asterisk meant

GotMoFans2026-01-25 18:47

New Avengers: Federally Approved

jedimstr2026-01-25 19:04

Avengers: What About Bob? (2025)

JE1632026-01-25 19:17

Avengers: Darkness Within

TheJohn2952026-01-25 19:18

Avengers: Without the Avengers

Yakusaka2026-01-25 19:32

Avengers : Team B

ArchdruidHalsin2026-01-25 19:38

The Avengerz: With a Z

bythewayne2026-01-25 19:52

New Generation

ContentVanilla21402026-01-25 20:33

Would've preferred if they kept them as just the Thunderbolts. If they really wanted the Avengers synergy, the Secret Avengers were right there. And the New Avengers would've been Sam's team.

crumbsalt2026-01-29 11:34

I actually think Thunderbolts* was better off without a subtitle. If it needed to be an “Avengers” film though I would’ve just gone with what they did: The New Avengers. It’d get people thinking “wait if this is a new avengers why are there a bunch of people I don’t know” and potentially more people interested in going to see it in theaters. But I think that’s theoretical and that it was all perfect the way they did it honestly. If anything maybe naming it TNA would’ve *hurt* more because people would’ve been complaining that “these aren’t my avengers!!” I mean, they are complaining regardless, just.. way more